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-sphere

-sphere suffix: sphere of a certain dimensionality.

Suffix

-sphere (noun-forming suffix, plural -spheres)

  1. Sphere of a certain dimensionality.
    • n-sphere
  2. Spherical object.
    • calcisphere; cenosphere
    1. A spherical colony of cells or organoid.
      • sarcosphere; angiosphere
  3. A spherical field or sphere of influence.
    • chromosphere; radiansphere
    1. Ecosystem around a particular object.
      • phyllosphere; plastisphere
    2. Global system or layer of the Earth or another planet.
      • biosphere; hydrosphere; atmosphere
    3. (figuratively) Particular realm or interest of a group of people, object, etc.; its spatial or virtual sphere of influence.
      • blogosphere; wingnutosphere; Anglosphere

-sphere meaning in Bengali and Persian

-sphere in Bengali

-sphere
মণ্ডল monḍol

-sphere in Persian

designating some layer of the Earth
کره -kore, سپهر -sepehr

Forms of -sphere

plural-spheres

Origin of -sphere

From sphere.

Words formed from -sphere

Questions about -sphere

What does -sphere mean?
-sphere means sphere of a certain dimensionality.
What is -sphere in Bengali?
-sphere in Bengali is মণ্ডল (monḍol). See -sphere meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is -sphere?
-sphere is a suffix.

Words near -sphere in the dictionary

  1. -speak
  2. -spect
  3. -spermia
  4. -spermic
  5. -spermous
  6. -sphere
  7. -spheres
  8. -spirone
  9. -splain
  10. -splained
  11. -splaining

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: -sphere (page history and authors); মণ্ডল (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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